Feinstein - build a cross border tunnel, you get 20 years

[The Straight Story]

Sen. Dianne Feinstein tours San Diego cross-border tunnel

SAN DIEGO (AP) - California Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein took a peek today inside the longest cross-border tunnel ever discovered along the U-S-Mexico border.

Feinstein told reporters in San Diego that she would be introducing federal legislation that makes it a crime to build such tunnels. Tunneling under the U-S border isn't a crime, but smuggling people or drugs through it is.

Under Feinstein's legislation, anyone who builds a cross-border passageway could be sentenced to up to 20 years. Feinstein says 40 tunnels have been discovered along U-S border since the September 11th, 2001 terror attacks. About half of those have been found in California, including eight discovered this year in San Diego.

Feinstein also said she would request a classified briefing from the Department of Homeland Security to try and restore San Diego to a list of cities that are eligible for funding because they are considered likely terrorist targets.

http://www.kget.com/news/state/story.aspx?content_id=AC6C4463-B0FD-47D9-910C-DD4A0A69AF40

[SteppingRazor]

1. The scary part is, if they've found 40 tunnels since 2001...

how many HAVEN'T they found?

[MadMaddie]

2. Scary isn't it..

And who found the tunnels...was it the local law inforcement agencies...was it the DHS?

Scary indeed....I am betting it wasn't DHS....they are an utter failure!!

[derby378]

3. Oh, please...

What about those few homes that straddle the US/Canadian border? Or what if it turns out that there's a house somewhere that straddles the US/Mexican border? (Highly improbably, but we deal with improbabilities every day...)

I think Feinstein could busy herself with better legislation than this turkey.

If you have a US/Canada house, it's simple. You keep the MP5 on the south side of the house and the Cuban cigars on the north side of the house. That way, agents from both governments are happy.